The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-04-12

mother of Oscar Wilde. who is known
throughout ireland as The Ranger"
over which name she wrote revolu-
tionary poems during the Young Ire
land Rebellion in 1S4S, is in absolute
want. For over six years she has not
received a penny of rent, owing to the
land war, yet she will not consent to
a single eviction on her estate.
LONDON, March 22d.-After an all
night session the House of Commons
passed the Civil Service bill, and adj
iourned at L 20 p. M to-day William
Henry Smith, Government leader in
the House of Commons, arose amid
cheers in the House of Commons this
evening and moved that the bill for
the amendment of the Criminal law
in Ireland have precedence over all
orders of the day He said the Gov
eminent We're bound to act under a
sense Of public duty, particularly
when they found juries in ireland in
undated and notorious criminals get
ting off scot free.
LONDON, March 23d.-An explosion
by which twenty miners were killed
occurred to-day in the Bull Colliery,
near Sydney, New South Wales, Aus
tralia
LONDON, March 23d.-Adviees from
Suakim state that the British war
ship Albacore captured two slavers
with cargo Of sixty slaves each,
gong to keddah.
DUBLIN, March 23d.-A number of
tenants on Shirley's estate, at Car
rickmacross were evicted to-day. The
evictions were attended with some
stirring scenes. The police, one hun
bred and fifty in number, were met by
crowd of peasants with bands of
music and headed by priests. Little
opposition was met with until the pc
lice arrived at the cottages.
LONDON, March oath Cambridge
won the University boat race. Just
before the race betting was Is to s in
favor of the Cambridge crew. The
race was over the usual course of the
Thames, from Putney to Mortlake.
The wind was fresh and the water
Iumpy when the crews launched their
boats just prior to the start, and the
weather threatened rain Cambridge
at once took the lead, rowing with
slightly more rapid stroke than Ok
ford At Barnes Bridge, three miles
and five furlongs from the start, Cam
bridge led by one length and half.
After passing the bridge the Oxford
crew broke an oar, and that. of course,
secured the race for the Cambridge
men, and they won easily by three
lengths. The race was a fine contest
as far as Barnes Bridge, being strong
ly contested every inch up to that
point. The Oxford crew pulled better
together than their opponents did,
and it is agreed on all sides the dis
lance they lost was by bad steering
entirely. The length of the course is
four miles and two furlongs. The
time of the Cambridge crew was
20:52,
LONDON, March 25.-Arthur Fare
NJ. D., f. R. s., the celebrated sur
geon and writer, Physician Extraor.
to the Queen, Physician to the Prin-
cess of Wales and her sisters, is dead.
He had just reached his seventy-ffth
year.
LONDON, March 26th.-Unoficial
adyices received at the India Office
state that the Government have I'M
doubted evidence from the native
chiefs that the Russian Governor of
Turkistan is buying up the head men
of the tribes throughout the north of
Afghanistan. The work is done
through native officers of Turkistan
who have entered the Russian ser
vice. The chiefs report that the Gov
ernor has secured number of nota-
bles and that these are organizing an
extensive plot for a simultaneous ris-
ing in Afghanistsn and Punjab.
Burmah loyalists have collected
large force in the upper country and
resumed the aggressive against the
British. Recent reports stated that
resistance had been crushed in Upper
Birmah, but they prove to have been
premature. O1uCId1 dONlCeS I6C6lf0u
to day state that fighting has been
renewed at several points in districts
believed to have been pacified by late
defeats inflicted on the native forces.
BOMBAY, March 26th.-The conse-
quence of the news from the Gov
ernor of Herat, that the Governor of
Turkestan has ordered ISLANDER
Kahn, with 10000 men to surprise
Herat, the Ameer of Afghanistan has
ordered 10000 men to be in readiness
to reinforce the troops at Herat.
LONDON, March 27th.-A convention
has been signed between the Portu-
guese and Chinese Governments in
which China recognizes the Portu-
guese right to the possession of Ma
Gao.
The Prince Of Wales has been feted
in Belgium, and has returned to Lon
don.